Robotic mirrors follow the sun in installation by Kimchi and Chips
Halo by Seoul-based art studio Kimchi and Chips features 99 robotic mirrors that move continuously throughout the day, following the sun like sunflowers.
Arranged across one 15-metre-long track and two five-metre-tall towers, the computationally aligned mirrors beam sunlight into a cloud of water mist, creating a halo-like circle.
The installation was originally shown as part of a month-long public exhibition at Somerset House in London in June 2018 to coincide with the summer solstice.
It was co-commissioned by Arts Council England and Arts Council Korea.
"Halo draws attention to the power of the sun's energy, using 40 kilowatts of solar irradiation to create another sun suspended in the air above the courtyard at Somerset House," explained the studio.
Appearing only when the sun, wind, water and mirrors coincide, Halo explores the relationship between nature and technology in an urban space.
The installation also plays with the physical materiality of the halo formed in the mist and the ephemeral nature of light and wind.
"This is the first project where we have worked with natural light as a material and collaborated with the unpredictability of the weather," said Kimchi and Chips.
Kimchi and Chips intended the transient nature of the work to cause the viewer to reflect on the unpredictability of the world around them.
"Halo offers a theatre for meditation within the city," they said. "The wind causes the halo of light to appear and...
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